druid
08-03-2004, 05:21 AM
These subforums are for serious discussion about technical matters only. Do not post jokes, flames, off topic material or anything that doesn't contribute to the topic at hand. If you do it's most likely that it will get removed or relocated.
More often than not our members come here asking for help regarding some problem and they don't need wisecracks polluting the threads with jokes or insults. What they need is help. If you had a problem causing you much grief would you like only cheap jokes as replies? I think not. And if you would don't expect that other people share your preferences.
If you are the one starting a thread please post it in the correct subforum and state your issue clearly: try to come up with a descriptive topic and list all technical details you think might be useful (OS, driver versions, different hardware components).
An example of a bad first post:
"Hay guys I can't get this game X running. It just crashes with a black screen."
You are more likely to get help with a post like this:
"Hay guys I can't get this game X running It just crashes with a black screen immediately after startup. I'm running Windows XP with SP1 and most of the recent patches installed.
My display card is ASUS V8420 TD (gf4ti4200) and I think I have the latest Detonators (version ZZ.YY). I dunno if it is a gfx or sound issue, my sound card is Audigy 2 with the latest drivers installed.
I tried Googling for similar issues but found nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated"
By giving as much information as you can think of not only speeds up the process when people don't have to ask you the same standard questions before getting to the point but it also might get you more help in the first place by showing that you are trying too. If you provide little or no information about your problem parameters and it's obvious that you aren't trying much (like Googling for similar problems) then it's unlikely that anyone will bother. Sometimes one of the many friendly persons here will reply anyway but it still takes more time to get to the point.
If you don't get replies instantly don't bump your thread. That doesn't do any good and is not tolerated.
If you on the other hand are the one replying try to make sure that you have understood what the problem really is. It's easy to hit reply thinking that you got a solution ready. I for one have written an entire reply a few times only to realise that I'm going on a tangent and didn't get the problem on the first read. At that point I have not submitted the reply.
If you think someone else's post is off-topic or otherwise doesn't contribute to the thread don't hesitate to report it.
Don't bump threads.
Thanks for reading, hopefully following these guidelines creates us all a better forum experience. <3 <3 <3
More often than not our members come here asking for help regarding some problem and they don't need wisecracks polluting the threads with jokes or insults. What they need is help. If you had a problem causing you much grief would you like only cheap jokes as replies? I think not. And if you would don't expect that other people share your preferences.
If you are the one starting a thread please post it in the correct subforum and state your issue clearly: try to come up with a descriptive topic and list all technical details you think might be useful (OS, driver versions, different hardware components).
An example of a bad first post:
"Hay guys I can't get this game X running. It just crashes with a black screen."
You are more likely to get help with a post like this:
"Hay guys I can't get this game X running It just crashes with a black screen immediately after startup. I'm running Windows XP with SP1 and most of the recent patches installed.
My display card is ASUS V8420 TD (gf4ti4200) and I think I have the latest Detonators (version ZZ.YY). I dunno if it is a gfx or sound issue, my sound card is Audigy 2 with the latest drivers installed.
I tried Googling for similar issues but found nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated"
By giving as much information as you can think of not only speeds up the process when people don't have to ask you the same standard questions before getting to the point but it also might get you more help in the first place by showing that you are trying too. If you provide little or no information about your problem parameters and it's obvious that you aren't trying much (like Googling for similar problems) then it's unlikely that anyone will bother. Sometimes one of the many friendly persons here will reply anyway but it still takes more time to get to the point.
If you don't get replies instantly don't bump your thread. That doesn't do any good and is not tolerated.
If you on the other hand are the one replying try to make sure that you have understood what the problem really is. It's easy to hit reply thinking that you got a solution ready. I for one have written an entire reply a few times only to realise that I'm going on a tangent and didn't get the problem on the first read. At that point I have not submitted the reply.
If you think someone else's post is off-topic or otherwise doesn't contribute to the thread don't hesitate to report it.
Don't bump threads.
Thanks for reading, hopefully following these guidelines creates us all a better forum experience. <3 <3 <3